Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-15

my intner, Macuniesehn tho FOX, though i
DO but broken down Zulu wardog-a chief
for whom there Is no room in his own kraai,
ON cutcast and q wanderer in strange places;
ny, love thse, MacuInazahn, for we have
grown gray together, aud there Is that be-
tween US that cannot be seen, and yet Is too
strong for breaking;" and he took his snuff.
box. which was made OF on old brass cart
ridge, from the slit in his ear, where no always
carried II, and handed II TO me for me to
help myself.
took the pinch Of snuff with some emotion.
II was quite true WIS much attached TO the
bloodthirsty old rufllan. / don't know what
was the charm Of his character, but IL had a
charm; perhaps It was its fierce honesty and
directness; perhaps ono admired his almost
superhuman skill and strength, or it may
have been simply that he was so absolutely
unique. Frankly, with all my experience
Of savages, | never knew man quito like
him, he was so wise, and yet such a child
with It NIL; and though It seems Imaginable TO
say SO, like the hero Of the Yankee parody,
he chad tender heart" Anyway, l was
very fond OF him, though / should never
have thought Of telling him so.
SAY, old wolf" said, shine IL strange
love. Thou wouldst split me TO the chin II
stood in thy path tomorrow"
"Thou speakest truth, Mncumazahn, that
would l II IL came In the way Of duty, but /
should love thee all the same when the blow
had gone fairly home. Is there any chanel
Of some fighting here, MacumnzahnF r.
went on, In an insinuating voice. aMethouglt
that what saw last night did show that Tho
/ Ia
other, else had the Lady of the Night moi,
brought that dagger with herr
agreed with him that 1t showed that NOR.
OF less pique and irritation existed between
the ladies, and told him how things stood, and
that they were quarreling over Incubu.
"Ah, is 1t soi' be exclaimed, springing up
in delight; "then will there be war as surely
as the rivers rise IN the rnins-war to the end.
Women love tho last blow as well as tho last
word, and when they fight for love they ore
pitiless as wounded buffalo. So thou,
| Macumazahn, woman will swim through
blood to her desire, and think naught of it
With these eyes have l seen 1t once, and twice
also. All, Macumazahn, we shall SEQ this fine
place of houses burning yet, and hear the bat
tie cries come ringing up the street After
this folk fight, think YER f
Just then Sir Henry Joined US, and Good
arrived, too, from another direction, looking
very pale and boil wv eyed The moment
Umslopogaas saw the latter he stopped hii
bloodthilsty talk and greeted him.
HAh, Dougwan,' he cried, greeting t.
thee, InEoos, thou art surely weary. Dds
thou hunt too much yesterdayr Then, with
out waiting for an answer, he went on.
Listen, Bougwan and will tell thee I
story; it is about q woman, therefore will
thou hear it; is itnot sc'
"There was man, and he had brother
| and there was q woman who loved the man
brother, and was beloved of the man. Phi
mans brother had favorite wife, and lovet
not the woman, and he made a mock of her
Then the woman, being very cunning ant
fierce hearted for revenge, took counsel will
herself, and said to the man, love thee, an,
! il thou wilt make war upon thy brother
| will marry thee And he knew it was lie
| yet because OF his great love of the woman
who was very fair, did lie listen to her word
and made war And when many people bo'
been killed his brother sent to him, saying
why slayest thou met What hurt have
done unto thee' From my youth up have
not loved theel When thou vast little did
not nurture thee, and have we not gone dow
to war together and divided the cattle, gil
by girl, OK by OK, and COW by cow VIII
slayest thou me, my brother, son Of my owl
motherp
"Then the mars heart was heavy, and h
knew that his path was evil; and he pu
aside the tempting woman, and ceased +
make war on his brother, and lived at peac
in the same kraal with him. And after
time the woman came to him, and said, :
have lost the past, will be thy wife, An
in his heart he knew that it was lie, an
that she thought tho evil thing, yet becaus
| q bis love did he take her to wife,
"And the very night that they were wed
slen the man was plunged into deep sleer
lid the woman arise and take his ak frot
MS hand, and creepinto the hut Of his brothe
and STAY him in his rest. Then did she slim
back like O gorged lioness, and place til
thong Of the rcd ax back upon his wrist an,
go her ways 9
Sand at the dawning the people came shout
ing, 'Lousta is slain in the nightr and the,
came unto the hut of the man, and there b
lay asleep, and by him was the red ak
Then did they remember the war, and say
'Lol he hath OF q surety slain his brother
and they would have taken and killed him
hut he rose end fed swiftly, and as he fleetet
Ivy he slew tho woman. ,ga rF
But death could not wipe out the evil sh
nad done, and on him rested the weight OF al
her sin. Therefore is he an outcass, and hi
rame scorn among his own people; for OF
him, and him only, resteth tho burden of he
who betrayed. And therefore does he wan
der afar, without kraal, and without an o.
or wife, and therefore will he die afar ike
stricken buck, and his name be accuised from
generation to generation, in that the reop
say that he slew his brother, Lousta, b,
treacbery in the night time"
The old Zulu paused, and saw that he wa
deeply ngitated by his own story. Present.,
he liftel his head, which he had bowed to hi
breast, and went Oil; I
II was that man. Dougwan. Out wa
that man; and now bark thoul Even as
aEi, so wilt thou be--a tool, plaything, an o.
Of burden to carry the evil deeds Of another
Listenl When thou didst creep after tn,
Lady Of the Night was hard upon thy
track. When she struck thee with the knife
in the sleeping place OF the White QueenI was
there also. When thou didst let her sir
away like a snake in the stones saw thee
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